Update: On June 23, eight defendants in the Prairieland case were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years. The DOJ called it the “first sentencing of defendants affiliated with Antifa following President Donald J. #Trump’s executive order designating the group as a Domestic Terrorist Organization in September 2025.” https://www.texasobserver.org/prairieland-antifa-verdict-threatens-anti-trump-resistance/

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How the Prairieland 'Antifa' Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”

The Texas Observer

Leader of Antifa Cell Members in North Texas Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Terrorist Attack on ICE Facility

Seven Additional Defendants Also Sentenced Before One-Year Anniversary of Attack to a Combined 450 Years in Prison Today, the Justice Department announced that eight North Texas Antifa Cell operatives were sentenced for their roles in rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and the attempted murder of an Alvarado police officer at the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4, 2025. This is the first sentencing of defendants affiliated with […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/06/24/leader-of-antifa-cell-members-in-north-texas-sentenced-to-100-years-in-prison-for-terrorist-attack-on-ice-facility/

Dallas weather: Severe thunderstorm watch issued ahead of Monday’s match

A severe thunderstorm watch and a 106-degree heat index threaten Monday match-day activities in DFW, kicking off a week of heavy rain and storm risks across North Texas.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-weather-severe-thunderstorm-watch-argentina-austria

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From Emily Markwiese: “We’re saying to the city, we should not treat neighbors who happen to be migrants trying to make a better life here like hardened criminals. We should not shackle them together and put them on shadow flights.” https://www.texasobserver.org/world-cup-dallas-deportation-flights/

#WorldCup #immigration #ICE #Dallas #NorthTexas #Texas #politics #USpol #news

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas' Relationship with ICE

Activists are tracking and trying to pressure the city over the use of its municipal airport for deportation flights, as visitors from around the world flood in.

The Texas Observer

“Love Field is owned by all of us who live here in #Dallas; it’s owned by the city. We think the citizens should have a moral voice and a say in what happens at our airport.” https://www.texasobserver.org/world-cup-dallas-deportation-flights/

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As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas' Relationship with ICE

Activists are tracking and trying to pressure the city over the use of its municipal airport for deportation flights, as visitors from around the world flood in.

The Texas Observer

New today: A private airline hangar operating out of #Dallas' city-owned Love Field Airport marketed itself to World Cup attendees. But the same the airline is regularly used by #ICE for deportations and facility transfers.

Faith leaders and immigrant rights activists want answers. https://www.texasobserver.org/world-cup-dallas-deportation-flights/

#immigration #NorthTexas #HumanRights #Texas #news

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas' Relationship with ICE

Activists are tracking and trying to pressure the city over the use of its municipal airport for deportation flights, as visitors from around the world flood in.

The Texas Observer

New from Emily Markwiese: “We’re saying to the city, we should not treat neighbors who happen to be migrants trying to make a better life here like hardened criminals. We should not shackle them together and put them on shadow flights.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/world-cup-dallas-deportation-flights/

#ICE #Dallas #NorthTexas #Texas #news

As World Cup Unfolds, Immigrant Rights Organizers Seek a Reckoning over Dallas' Relationship with ICE

Activists are tracking and trying to pressure the city over the use of its municipal airport for deportation flights, as visitors from around the world flood in.

The Texas Observer
It's infuriating to hear some bigwigs want to see the American Airlines Center in Dallas torn down like no, fuck you, it's still a perfectly serviceable event arena and I'm pissed the Stars and Mavs are bailing on it, especially how well integrated it is with DART and even the Denton A-Train. World Cup attendees in Dallas are PRAISING the efficiency of the DART system and that warms my heart. #NorthTexas #AAC

From Christopher Collins: “You can’t force this sort of energy and involvement in your community. This is organic. Very generous people want the community to be as wonderful as possible; they want to give it to the next generation. It’s an Abilene phenomenon.” https://www.texasobserver.org/abilene-art-library-ai-data-center-book-bans/

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Abilene, Through the Looking Glass

A monumental blown-glass installation inside a sparkling new library reflects a city—one grappling with an AI boom and an insurgent book-banner—that's defined by its slippery cultural identity.

The Texas Observer

Frisco voters made the right call for their city and for Texas

Frisco voters made the right call for their city and for Texas. Electing Mark Hill over Rod Vilhauer spares city from being at the center of the culture war.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/article/frisco-texas-h1b-immigration-hill-vilhauer-electio-22304654.php

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